Happy Halloween

Our carved pumpkins, I did the ghost house, with the ghost in the back and Doug did the other two. Happy Halloween to everyone.

Trip to Los Angeles

As many of you knew, our trip to the Cayman Islands for our honeymoon had to be rescheduled at the last minute due to hurricane Ivan, and as a result we had flight vouchers to use before the end of the year. After much debating we decided to make a trip to L.A. to visit a couple friends and catch our one and only Beaver game of the season. The trip started out pretty good, the sun was shining, and hey we weren't working :) We spent most of the day driving down the coast from LAX to Huntington Beach, where John Sanders lives, stopping at the beaches and other sights that caught our interest.

The following day we drove north to Hollywood, to see some sights and eventually make it to the staples center for the Nuggets/Lakers first
preseason game. We mad a quick stop at the Mann's Chinese theater for some poses with famous footprints and autographs. Photos at left are Carmen by Mel Gibson and Doug by Johnny Depp and if you have really good eyes, both of us with the HOLLYWOOD sign on the hills behind us. After a moderate hike to the top of Mt. Hollywood (where the Hollywood sign is), we made our way through the fancy houses to downtown LA. We were amazed how many downtowns there were, when you looked out across the Los Angeles area. As you can tell in the pictures Doug was sporting his Melo shirt all day, luckily I don't think many people caught on to the Nuggets significance until the game,

On friday we drove north again, up to Six Flags Magic Mountain. Here in Colorado we bought season passes to a six flags park, which meant we could go to any park in the country for free. I had been there 12 years ago, although not much was the same, and it was a first time for Doug. The weather was beautiful up there and we breezed right through most of the lines, until we couldn't go on any more rides.

Saturday brought a turn for the worse, along with the Beavers pathetic attempt at putting a football game together, the sun rarely came out for the rest of our trip. The sunny southern California atmosphere became a lot more like the dreary drizzly Oregon coast in the winter. We had fun, although the game was a blowout, and Doug met up with Andres, a guy whom he played soccer with at OSU, who he hadn't seen in 3 years.

Due to the weather, the rest of the trip was somewhat uneventful, we caught part of a surfing tournament at the beach, and watched some NFL at a local bar just off the beach, and just relaxed for the remaining days. Unfortunately, when we got to the airport we found out our flight had been cancelled, and the quickest way home was a reroute through Atlanta. So we spent 12 hours flying across the country and back again for the conclusion of our trip.